Merchandise-cabinet.



w. c. HELLER. MERCHANDISE CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1913.

1,1 16,817. Patented Nov.10, 1914.

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WILLIAM G. HELLER, or MONTPELIER, OHIO.

MERCHANDISE-CABINET:

Specification of Letters fatent. PatntdNov, 10" 1914 i I Application filed April '15, 1913. Serial No. 761,394.

To all whom it may concern r Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. HELLER, a citizen of the United States. residing at Montpelier, in the county of Williams and State of Ohio,- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Merchandise- Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in merchandise cabinets.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a cabinetdisposed to contain various articles of merchandise with a closure which may be brought to assume a position immediately in front of the cabinet, the closure forming a support for samples of the articles arranged within the cabinet.

A further object of the invention is to provide a supporting means for the closure, whereby it may be normally swung to assume a position immediately in front of the goods containing compartments which constitute the cabinet and form an effectual closure for the cabinet, and which, when it is desired to remove goods from the cabinet, may be moved to a point to one side of the same in order that it will not interfere with the removal of theigoods.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a storecabinet, one of the closures being shown as open to afford access to a section of the cabinet; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hinge member which supports the closure.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and inclicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same referencev characters.

In the drawings, 10 designates a cabinet which consists of the frame 11 and the sup porting shelves 12. Those shelves are spaced from the outer edge of the frame, the longitudinal members 13 and the vertical members 14: of the frame being beveled as at 15. Drawers or trays 16 are arranged on the shelves and are disposed to contain merchandise. A door or closure 17 is received within the frame, there being a number of such doors or closures supported by the cabinet consistent with the number of sections of the cabinet, the sectionsbeing divided by the vertical members 14.

The doors 17 consist of the panels 18, to the vertical edges of which are secured battens 19 and to the'longitudinal edges of which battens 20 are secured. These battens are disposed at an angle to the panel in order that, whenzuthe dooris brought into contactwitlrthe frame, they may be snugly received by the beveled members l3'and 14 of the frame. A frame 21' for the'glass panel 21 is secured to the battens l9 and 20, said frame consisting of'the-verti'cally' extending members 22 and the horizontal members 23. This fra1ne,when the door is closed,.is disposed flush with the outer face of the verticallyv andhorizontally extending portions of the frame of the cabinet.

A bracket 24'is supported at the base and at a point adjacent the top of each of the vertically extending members 14 of. the.

frame. This bracketconsists of the bar 25, which is bolted to the members 14:, and the right angle extensions 26,;the extensions 26 extending within the frame of the cabinet and being secured thereto. It will be noted that while these members may extend within.

recesses formed in the cabinet, they may embrace the top and bottom of the cabinet and be fastened thereto by means of screws.

Each of the brackets is formed with a plulugs of the bracket and secured to the rod by set-screws 30. The arms 30 taper toward their outer terminals 32 and are provided with apertured lugs 33. The arms of the two hinge members are spaced from each other to a greater distance than the height of the door .17, the arms being of a length slightly greater than one-half the width of the door.

A bracket 34 is supported by the upper and lower longitudinal members of the frame 21, the brackets 34 being formed with pintle lugs 35 which receive a pin 36'carried by the lug 33 of the arm 30. These extensions may either be formed integral with the lug 33 or a pin may be inserted through the lugs and locked against displacement. It will be noted by this construction that the door 17 is rotatably sup- I ported between the lugs 33 of the arms 30 and is capable of being swung to a position where it may form a closure for the adj acent cabinet section.

The many advantages of a construction of this character will beclearly apparent, as it will be noted that the door may be readily brought to a position where the frame, which is supported by the batten strips, may be disposed flush with the outer faces of the horizontal and Vertical members of the cabinet frame. It will also be seen that when it is desired to remove merchandise from the container 16, the closure may be moved outwardly from the cabinet and then rotated to, assume a position where it will not interfere with the withdrawal of the containers, the goods which are supported on the panel 17 being-disposed where they may be viewed by the customer.

Particular attention is called to the formation of the door 17, and to the fact that the outer face of the panel may form a supporting rack for merchandise, displaying, when closed, samples of the merchandise contained within the cabinet. It will be obvious that 30 the samples, while exposed to view, are set back sufiiciently within the cabinet to pre vent their accidental displacement. It will also be seen that the entire structure is such as may be easily and economically manurality of separate compartments, a pair of vertically spaced brackets hinged to the cabinet adjacent each compartment, a closure for each compartment, each of said closures consisting of an open faced casing adapted, when in closed position, to display samples of the goods held within the cabinet, each of said closure members being rotatably mounted in a pair of bracket members whereby the closure of each compartment may be swung into open position and disposed with its rear face superposed on the closure of the next adjacent compartment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. HELLER. [L.S.] Witnesses:

I. W. PRESSLER, E. E. BROWN.

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Washington, D. G. 

